Sat newbie learning curve

[melloned]

I've recently bought a technomate TM-1000 CI for ?20 off ebay and with a helping hand from Fearona and a bit of head scratching , managed to get a 70% signal strength and quality through my redundant sky dish.
I've also managed to load the Nov 2009 softcam and Sept 2009 patch to it.
Having then done a scan , i can watch channels 1821-1637 on Hotbird , but the rest are scambled .

Feeling quite chuffed with myself so far , finding it good fun !
Can i open any ppv channels ? and how ?
If i carry on learning and enjoying it , i'm hoping Santa supplies me some improved kit for Crimmy !
Any help on where to go from here would be appreciated !

[SuperSat]

You will be able to get thor on 1W with the latest softcam

[SuperSat]

which include Digi1 & 2 which are PPV channels for movies!!!

[melloned]

which include Digi1 & 2 which are PPV channels for movies!!!

Hi again , scanned for Thor channels , but didn't find Digi 1 or 2 Mate ? , i can view about 12 channels , 1 being Playboy tv , which is showing adds a the mo.
Wow , what a learning curve ! , what a lot of sats up there , it must be like a space scrapyard !.
This is great fun , much more fun than my starview cable box.
Thanks Again

[SuperSat]

Hi again , scanned for Thor channels , but didn't find Digi 1 or 2 Mate ? , i can view about 12 channels , 1 being Playboy tv , which is showing adds a the mo.
Wow , what a learning curve ! , what a lot of sats up there , it must be like a space scrapyard !.
This is great fun , much more fun than my starview cable box.
Thanks Again

Hi,
on thor there is about 500 channels!!
For Digifilm1 and 2 you need the latest softcam. and you can find them on:12.608 H 27500 1W

[melloned]

Hi,
on thor there is about 500 channels!!
For Digifilm1 and 2 you need the latest softcam. and you can find them on:12.608 H 27500 1W

Hi again Mate , i've downloaded (or think i have) the latest softcam from the downloads section dated 14/11/2009 .
Apart from it opening the channels , how can i check it's downloaded to the reciever ?
My current system information shows :

s/w version : 3.04p (sept 17 2009)
h/w version : 1.11
Boot version : 2.10 (8.10)
ch version : oct 06

Do i need to do a factory reset prior to loading the softcam as you do on a starview cable viewer prior to a firmware download.
Thanks again .

[flyingpig]

Is your dish your motorised? If not you will not be ablt to pick up Thor? Sorry if its been mentioned but I cant see it...

If not thats what you need.... A motor,, a goodun as well..

[melloned]

Is your dish your motorised? If not you will not be ablt to pick up Thor? Sorry if its been mentioned but I cant see it...

If not thats what you need.... A motor,, a goodun as well..

Thanks for that Mate , no it's not , it's just an old sky dish , and that answers another question for me , does it mean with the dish and reciever i've got i'm not going to view a lot ? , in which case , i might plunge myself a bit deeper on my credit card , for a few brackets , alloy scaffold pole and a motorised dish , this being what i need to join the sat club with any cred , from what i've read .
A lot more to it than cable recievers !
God help me ! , will i need some help then !

[mark36]

hi melloned,new to sat myself but can answer yer dish issue.with a standard dish yer gonna get next to nothing and certainly not thor.motorised is the way to go and it opens up all sorts of goodies.
someone with more knowledge of your area will confirm but you'll need at least an 80cm dish but maybe best to plump for a 1metre dish.
not sure on yer reciever but it should be ok with the right patches etc to open a fair bit.i started with a techno 3300 and that opened more than enough.Get the basics first(dish etc) and get used to things before you splash out on new recievers.As you say its a learning thing and there's a lot more to it than cable.But its all good fun.

[melloned]

Thanks for that Mate , as with many folk , cash is a bit tight at the mo , so i'm going to have a week or two fooling around with what i've got , then go back to basics .
I'm looking for a sturdy 2.5mtr alloy scaffold pole , to replace the not so sturdy one i've erected , as it's only one i knocked together with my welding set , and some old 30mm dia steel tube ( it sways a little !) , plus two good mounting brackets ,
and get the whole thing good and square , having read on the forum , i'm wasting my efforts otherwise .

[yas87]

hi im also a newbi and was wondering what i can open with a technomate 5400 ci + i was at my friends who has a tm 500 who has football channels for free i wantt the same with my 5400 wht do i need to do

[DEMONACER]

Latest patch and softcam mate.Also dish needs pointing 1'west (thor satellite).Do a blind scan when dish alligned with thor and you will get football,movies and adult channels.

[yas87]

thank you mate i have a small dish but i will invest im looking to get jsc and canal + dey show everything
thanks loads